“Delicious” depicts an informative history of French cuisine

A chef from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinates the cooking.

The chef Thierry Charrier, who heads the kitchen of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the banks of the Orsay River in Paris, and fellow chef and photographer Jean-Charles Calment served as advisors for the cuisine served in the film. Charlier reigns in the kitchen of Orsay with his subordinates, and is the one who wakes up at 6 a.m. every morning to serve the best French cuisine to the staff working in the ministry. At the same time, Charrier calls himself an ``ambassador of gastronomic diplomacy,'' and for example, at COP21 in Paris in 2015, he coordinated the official luncheon for leaders from 157 countries around the world.

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But Charlier doesn't seem interested in fame as a chef. This is also reflected in his own words. "We are just secret cooks. We have nothing to do with winning stars or awards, and we hardly ever get talked about. On the other hand, my kitchen is based on French cooking know-how and the work of French craftsmen and producers. It symbolizes

When the appearance of Manseron, a chef who parted ways with the aristocrats he served on the eve of the revolution and poured his heart and soul into cooking for the common people, and Charlier's stance as a chef overlap, we see the democracy that France and French cuisine respects. I can't help but feel the weight of its history.